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Global Gambling: Cultural Perspectives on Gambling Organizations (Routledge Advances in Criminology)

Whereas such a lot study has tested the criminal, fiscal and mental aspects of playing, this leading edge assortment bargains a variety of cultural views on playing companies. utilizing either old and present-day case experiences from through the global, the authors heavily examine the rituals, symbols, the meanings, values, legitimations, family members (formal in addition to informal), and the areas and artifacts focused on the (re)production of playing corporations.

Stray Dog of Anime: The Films of Mamoru Oshii

Upon its US liberate within the mid Nineties, Ghost within the Shell , directed through Mamoru Oshii, quick turned some of the most well known jap lively movies within the state. regardless of this, Oshii can be a maverick inside anime: a self-proclaimed 'stray dog'. this is often the 1st e-book to take an in-depth examine his significant motion pictures, from Urusei Yatsura to Avalon .

Therapy Culture:Cultivating Vu: Cultivating Vulnerability in an Uncertain Age

First released in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Crime and the Imaginary of Disaster: Post-Apocalyptic Fictions and the Crisis of Social Order

This examine explores the 'imaginary of catastrophe' that looks in renowned fictions concerning the apocalyptic breakdown of society. targeting representations of crime, legislation, violence, vengeance and justice, it argues that an exploration post-apocalyptic story-telling provide us helpful insights into social anxieties.